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From: lamont@convex.com (Bradley Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple HD SC Setup and "Apple_Free?"
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Date: 19 Jun 91 13:37:49 GMT
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In <11094@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> jonh@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Jon Howell) writes:

><> My LC w/40 mb hard drive turned out to have 16k devoted to a partition
><>for the mac driver (ok, that makes sense), 40,000k devoted to Macintosh HD
><>(obviously), and 992k devoted to Apple_Free(!) This "Apple_Free" thing also
><>appears not to be used, judging from the way its presented graphically, but
><>that seems open to interpretation. 
><-----
><>So my question is, what can I do with these 992k? Can I just expand the
><>Macintosh HD partition into them or are they actually taboo?
><
><The Apple_Free partition is a way of making physically different drives appear 
><logically the same.  For example the old 5.25 inch HD40s had a litte more 
><space than the later 3.5 inch HD40s but unless you have fiddled with the 
><partitioning they will appear the same size because HD setup allocates a spare 
><partition to fill up the space beyond a standard size.


>Alright!  So, can we, who don't CARE if our disk is the same number of bytes
>as the Jones', grab that last almost-a-meg?  I'm poor and I'll swipe every
>meg I can get!

Yes.  You will have to backup your hard drive frist because it will be 
necessary to remove the old partition first and then create a new one
which will be larger by the 992k.  I did this on my Mac SE 20meg drive, 
increasing it from 20 meg to 21 meg about 1 1/2 years ago and have had no
problems ever.

Later,
Brad Lamont